James mokelvey



J. McKELVEY.

Refrigerator.

Ne. 62,436. l Patented Feb. 6, 1666.

C U Q o O U U o U UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES MGKELVEY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

REFRIGERATOR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,436, dated February6, 1866.

To all Ywhom it-may concern Beit known that I, JAMES MoKELvEY, ofBuffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Refrigerator; and I do hereby declare that the.

following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' thisspecication, in which- Figure l represents a front elevation of' thisinvention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig. 3is a perspective view of the same with the covers ofi.

Similar letters oi' reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a still or refrigerator which is particularlyintended for the purpose of keeping cream at an even temperature duringthe hot season, but which vcan also be used with advantage as anordinary refrigerator.

The nature of the invention and its peculiar advantages will be readilyunderstood from the following description.

Arepresents a box or case supported by casters a, so that it can bereadily moved from one place to another, and provided with two doors, B,which swing on hinges, as clearly shown in Fig. 1,where one ot' thedoors is shown open and the other closed.

The top part ot the case A is occupied by two ice-chambers, C, and thesechambers, as well as the case A, are lined with galvanized iron or othersuitable material. -In the sides or ends of the ice-chambers are holes aa2,

vthrough which the cold air escapes into the case A, and said case isprovided with a large number of open shelves, C', which serve to supportthe pans containing cream or other articles which it is desirable tokeep in a cool A space.

'iiuence of the water.

The ice-chambers C are provided with separate lids, so that access canbe had to either Without disturbing the other, and an even Atemperaturecan be maintained in the interior ofthe case A.

The openings @2in the adjacent sides of the ice-chamber communicate witha space at E, between said sides, whence the cool air from the chambersgoes first to the center of the chamber containingthe article to be keptcool, and is then diffused throughout the entire chamber.

A rod or wire, D, is fixed within each'ot the ice-chambers, so as toextend over all the uncovered openings a a2 and prevent the smallparticles from getting into the chamber ofthe case A. Fig. 3 representsthese wires, as well as the openings in the adjacent sides ot' theice-chambers.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the case A and ice-chambers C O, of theopenings a and a2, the latter being located so as 7to cause the air fromthe ice-chambers to pass first to the center ot' the chamber containingthe article to be kept cool, and be then diffused throughout the same,as described.

l 2. The combination ofthe case A,icecham bers C, discharge-pipes e,troughs d, and wires K

